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Old 01-05-2013, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Jooseppi Luna View Post
Just had a thought -- could your cold start issues be partially related to the fact that you run the glow plugs through two cycles before startup? Is this robbing enough juice from the battery so that the car does not have enough juice to crank a still-relatively-cold motor sufficiently to allow startup?
If the OP has a good Battery of the proper capacity that should not be the case.
The Glow Plugs are able to heat the Prechamber to a higher heat then a worn Engines compression can heat it.
Also when you are cranking the Engine your Glow Plugs are also on.
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